We usually acquire knowledge and understanding by (1)
asking
asking
questions,(2)
answering
answering
questions and then (3)
testing
testing
them to find the right answers.But in the 17th century,this type of thinking was(4)
against
against
the views of the day.Because people believed more in the(5)
church
church
than in the facts.For example,when Galileo challenged what people had always believed and proved the ideas put forward by (6)
Aristotle
Aristotle
wrong,he was put in(7)
prison
prison
.However,thanks to the(8)
contributions
contributions
made by people like Galileo,our understanding of the world is continuously (9)
growing
growing
and (10)
changing
changing
.